Paul gumbinnee



(No Model.)

P. GUMBINNER. DEVICE FOR STOPPING RUNAWAY HORSES. No. 323,868. PatentedAug. 4, 1885.

FFICE.

. TENT PAUL GUMBINNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR STOPPING RUNAWAY HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,868, dated August4, 1835.

Application filed July 1, 1885. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL GUMBINNER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forStopping Runaway Horses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful device attached to buggies,cabs, carriages, andthelikevehicles,wherebyrefractoryorrunaway horsesmay be readily restrained without the physical exertion necessary on thepart of the driver by the use of the reins only; and it consists inattaching to the vehicle an antomatically-acting take-up mech anism, towhich supplemental reins are attached, and which, being operated upon bythe foot of the driver at the desired time, will enable him to controlthe horse by means of the supplemental reins and the take-up device,leaving the reins which the driver holds in his hands as means wherebythe horse may be further controlled and also guided as desired.

In the drawings like letters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a side view of awagon with my invention attached. Fig. 2 isa front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side "iew of the doubleratchet-wheel at the end of the drum of the take-up device. Fig. at areviews of the double ratchet-wheel separated into two parts for thepurpose of showing the construction of the two halves of theratchet-wheel more perfectly. Fig. 5 is an edge View of theratchet-wheel and its locking-pawl.

A is the vehicle; B, the shaft. (J is a drum, which may be made ofmetal, wood, or other suitable material, which is supported on thebottom of the front part of the vehicle by brackets D D. At one end ofthe drum is attached a double ratchet-wheel, E, which is constructed asshown in Figs. 3 and 4that is to say, there are practically tworatchetwheels attached together concentrically. In one the teeth have aforward pitch and in the other a backward pitch, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. These two wheels are rigidly attached together, and are also rigidlyattached to the drum 0 concentrically. The drum turns upon a shaft, F,which journals in the lower portion of the brackets D D. At one end, andpreferably the end upon which the double ratchet- Wheel E is fastened, aheavy spring, G, is attached to the shaftF by one end, and by its otherend to the bracket I), so that the spring normally will tend to revolvethe drum 0 backwardly, when the pawl, hereinafter to be described, isreleased from the engagement of the ratchet-wheels E, the operation ofthe spring being the same as is well known in structures of thischaracter.

Above the double ratchet-wheel E is placed a double-ended pawl, H, (bestseen in Figs. 3 and 5.) This pawl is,hung upon apin, I, which isconnected with the bracket D, so that the pawl can freely pivot on thesaid pin 1, and one end of this pawl (seen at i in Fig. 3) is madeheavier than the other end, i, so that it normally tips with the end idownwardly, and engages with the teeth of that half of the ratchet wheelE which is shown at E in Fig. 4, thus preventing the action of thespring to turn the drum 0 until this pawl is lifted.

It should be remarked that the pawl H is bent or set off at its centralpart, so that the ends 2' in Fig. 3 will engage with the wheel E in Fig.4, and the part marked t" in Fig. 3 will engage with the wheel marked Ein Fig. 4. This is best seen in Fig. 5.

K is a pedal-bar, to be operated upon by the foot of the driver. Itrests on its lower end on a plate, L, Fig. 3, or a flattened portion ofthat part of the pawl H, somewhat to the right of the pivot, upon whichthe pawl turns, so that pressure being applied by the foot of the driverupon the top of the pedalbar K, the pawl will be turned upon its pin 1,and the other end of the pawl will be brought into engagement with thewheel E.

M is a guard for the treadle K, placed inside of the carriage, so thatthe driver will not accidentally tread upon the treadle K. This may beconstructed in a number of ways, either to be tipped back on a hinge toexpose the treadle, or it may be open at its front end, as at M, Fig. 1,through which opening the driver may insert the toe of his boot.

N are the supplemental reins, which are attached at one end to the drum0, and at the other end to the sides respectively of the bit in thehorses mouth, the lines extending down each side of the horse.

In order to release the horse from the restraint of the apparatus, andalso to wind up the spring for second use, I attach to the end of theshaft of the drum 0, opposite the ratchet-wheel, a level gear-wheel, O,which matches into another gear-wheel, P, on the end of a verticalshaft, Q, which is supported and turns in a suitable journal box orboxes attached to the bottom of the vehicle, and to the upper endwhereof is attached a crank, R.

The operation is as follows: Normally the reins N are loose, and thehorse has free movement, not being at all controlled by these lines N,and is driven in the usual manner. The end i of the pawl H, being inengagement with the wheel E prevents the,

tially as and for the purposes set forth.

spring G from rotating the drum. Should the horse become refractory orshow a dispositiou to run away, the driver depresses the pedal K, whichcauses the pawl H to rock on its pivot, thus releasing the wheel E Thespring immediately rotates the drum 0 and takes up the slack of thesupplemental reins N. The end 2" of the pawl H also ei'igages at thistime with the other wheel, E, which holds the drum against rotationunder the pull of the horse. thus tending to hold the horse more firmly,and the driver can further pull in the horse, jamming the wagon closedown onto him, and by operating the treadle can take up the slack whichhe thus gains by pulling in the horse on the drum 0, in this Way sofirmly binding the horse by these supplemental lines N, plus the controlhe has over him by the ordinary driving-reins, that he will have nodifliculty in controlling the horse, however refractory. After the horsehas come under control,the restraint of the supplemental reins N isreleased by depiessing the pedal-bar and winding up the spring by thecrank R, acting on the drum through the shaft Q, and gear'wheels'l andO. This action also unwinds the reins, which have been coiled up on thedrum, and restores all things to their normal state again, ready forfurther use.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction shown, for it willbe apparent to any one familiar with this art that they may be variedconsiderably and still my invention be embodied.

I claim 1. The combination, with a vehicle, of rotatable drum 0, springGr, pawl ll, ratchet wheel E, treadle-bar K, and reins N, substan- 2.The combination, with a vehicle, of rotatable drum 0, double-actingratchet-wheel E E double-acting pawl ll, and treadle-bar K,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a vehicle, of rotatable drum 0, spring G,ratchet-wheel E, pawl H, treadle-bar K, and guard M, and supplementalreins N, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with a vehicle, of rotatable drum 0, spring G,ratchet-wheel E, pawl H, treadle-bar K, crank it, shaft (9,, and wheelsP and O, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 27th day ot'June, A. I). 1.885.

PAUL UUMBINNIG i.

\Vitnesses:

JonN ll. lvns, Josnrn O. LEVY.

